Faith and Love

By: Lexxie Sparrow

Summery: Six months after the end of 'Truth or Consequences'. Lost time becomes harder to get back, old loves return to cause conflict, and the lives they've come to know start to fall apart as secrets come out threatening everything they've come to believe.

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi. If I did Sean would be back by now in his nice army uniform….Sorry lost focus there for a minute. All I own are Mike, Alyssa, and Dan.

Chapter 1

"Jacob get under the Mustang! We got to get that one out of here ASAP!" Sean yelled to one of his crew men. It had been a little over five months since Jay and Manny had gotten back from their honeymoon and business had picked up drastically.

Within a week they had to hire at least five more guys to cover for all the customers coming into the shop. They had started coming from all over the place from what he had seen of the license plates. Some had come all the way from Vancouver and Alberta to have their cars repaired or customized.

"Two more guys just came in." Jay said coming up to him as he was working on the fuel system of a Civic someone had brought in that morning. "One wants his breaks checked and the other wants flames down the side of his car. I already sent him to Brian in back in the paint shop to talk colors. Both of them requested that it be done by one of us." he told Sean.

Sean sighed as he grabbed his watch off of the tool bench as he lowered the Civic back down. "I'm done with this one. I could probably take a look at the breaks. How late are you staying tonight?" he asked.

Jay shook his head. "I can't. Manny'll have my head if I'm not there for dinner tonight." he said as Sean chuckled.

"She's got you on a short leash now doesn't she?" Sean asked him smirking.

"There isn't anything wrong with it. Besides you know as well as I do that the short leash can feel very, very good." Jay grinned slyly.

Sean laughed as they heard someone enter the garage. They now only allowed employees back in the garage so it didn't get too crowded with everyone back there.

"Daddy!" he heard behind him and turned to see his twin son and daughter coming over to where he and Jay were.

He wrapped his arms around both Mike and Alyssa and picked them both up, something he had mastered during their first year. "What are you guys doing here? I thought I was picking you up from Grandma's?" he asked wondering why they were at the garage.

"Mommy came and got us." Alyssa told him. "We wanted to come see you." she said laying her head on his shoulder.

Sean kissed the top of his daughter's head. "Where is your mom?" he asked sitting Mike on top of the car he had just finished working on. "I thought she was with Manny at school."

"They came early." Mike said climbing up the hood and looking through the windshield. "Oh can we try this one?" he asked excited.

Jay grabbed his nephew and sat him on his feet. "I don't think so little man." Jay told him and he pouted. "Where your mom and Aunt Manny?" he asked.

"In the lobby. Can we go home Daddy?" Alyssa looked up at Sean.

Sean looked at the order forms Jay had sat on the tool bench before nodding. "Let's go home. We'll have Ryan close for us tonight."

Jay nodded in agreement and went to find Ryan to let him know they were leaving. Sean sat Alyssa back on her feet and slipped out of his coveralls revealing his jeans and white tank top. "Come on." he said putting a hand on his boy's shoulder and holding his daughter's hand as they walked out into the lobby to meet up with Manny and Emma.

Manny smiled as she leaned back in the chair with her year and a half old son on her lap. "Last day of school always feels great don't you think?" she asked Emma. Today was the last day of their semester until they had to go back in the fall. For the next three months they could spend time with their families and the two guys they loved.

"Yea." Emma agreed sounding distracted.

Manny looked over at her friend. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Emma shrugged. "It feels strange. This is going to be the first full summer I've spent with Mike and Lyssa ever. They're turning four in September and this is the longest I've ever spent with them."

"You were here with them last summer." Manny responding sitting Danny down so he could walk around a bit. He couldn't go too far seeing as she had found Mike's old harness in the basement at the house.

"That was different. At the time I was only here to help Mike and then go back to school. Now I'm here to stay and I'm not sure they know that." Emma told her watching the boy explore his new surroundings.

"They aren't used to you being around this much." Manny told her. "Give them time."

"They've had nine months Manny. But they still run to Sean first, they even go to Jay before they come to me." she complained.

Manny chuckled slightly. "It's because Sean's their daddy, Em, and as for Jay he might as well be. They go to them because they've always been there. Don't worry about it." she said as the two men came out of the garage area with the two kids by their side.

"Daddy!" Dan spotted Jay and tried to run over to him. He was held back by the harness and started to fuss.

Jay picked him up and unhooked the leash from his son's back. "Hey buddy what's the matter? Momma got you all hooked up?" he said holding the boy close to him as Manny stood up and walked over to the two of them.

"Hey." she said wrapping one arm around his waist before leaning in for a kiss. Jay groaned as she broke the kiss not wanting it to end.

"Save it for the bedroom. Remember little eyes." Sean said joking as they glared at him. Jay had told him the same thing the week before when he had found Sean and Emma in the kitchen.

"At least we're married." Jay snarked at him.

"Yea Daddy." Alyssa said smiling up at her dad.

Sean glared half heartedly at his only daughter. "Your supposed to be on my side." They all chuckled as they headed out to the parking lot to head home for the day.

TBC...